Argon On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 9:04 AM, David Hillman wrote: > Here is the Element Quiz Quiz: > > The Question: > This element is used heavily in commercial world of light bulbs, > fluorescent tubes and lasers. The only source of this element is the > atmosphere. The Greek word for "lazy or inactive". Which element is > being > described? > > > The winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy > and > Kloumpios for the week. > > So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following: > > Past Quiz winners/tasks: > Week 1 Dick Krug, Spartan Complex Systems > Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC > Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited > Week 3 Pat Goodyear, PGE > Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory > Week 5 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > Week 6 Steve Gregory > Week 7 Phil Kinner > Week 8 Brian Ellis > Week 9 James Head,Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited > Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 11 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp > Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik > Week 13 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 14 Brian Ellis > Week 15 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > Week 16 Steve Gregory > Week 17 Phil Kinner > Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems > Week 19 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 20 Denny Fritz, SAIC > Week 21 Amol Kane > Week 21 Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell > Week 21 David Bealer, Watch Fire Sign > Week 22 Phil Kinner > Week 23 Guy Ramsey, RD Circuits > Week 24 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger > Week 25 Keith Calhoun, SoparkCorp > Week 26 Paul Reid, PWB Interconnect Solutions Inc > Week 27 Greg Munie, IPC > Week 28 Steve Gregory > Week 29 Gus Trakas, Viasystems > Week 29 Steve Creswick > Week 30 Robert Welch,Moog Component Group > Week 31 Heidi Havelka, Interplex Sunbelt > Week 32 Raye Rivera, Canoga Perkins > Week 33 Steve Creswick > Week 34 Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell > Week 35 Don Vischulis > Week 36 Greg Munie, IPC > Week 37 Larry Dzaugis > Week 37 Bonus Question Steve Mikell > Week 38 Curt McNamara, Logic PD > Week 38 Bonus Question Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell > Week 39 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 40 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 40 Ron Feyereisen, Sigmatron Int. > Week 41 Steve Gregory > Week 42 Steve Mikell > Week 43 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger > Week 44 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 44 Eddie Hofer, Rockwell Collins > Week 45 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 46 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory > Week 47 Phil Bavaro,L-3 Communications > Week 48 Brian Ellis > Week 49 Leland Woodall,CSTech > Week 49 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics > Week 50 Greg Munie, IPC > Week 51 Karen Tellefsen. > Week 52 Greg Munie, IPC > Week 53 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 54 Phil Bavaro, L-3 Com. > Week 55 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. deferred to Richard Stadem, GD, > Week 56 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LLC > Week 57 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc > Week 58 Leland Woodall, CSTech, Inc. > Week 58 Bonus Question Robert Wolfe > Week 59 Greg Munie, IPC > Week 60 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems > Week 61 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited > Week 62 Leland Woodall > Week 62 Brien Bush, Cirtronics > Week 63 Pat Goodyear, PGE > Week 64 Ed Popielarski > Week 65 Jim West, N.S. International > Week 66 Brian Ellis > Week 67 Ravinder Ajmani, HGST > Week 68 Robert Wolfe > Week 69 Joe Russeau, PAL. > Week 69 Leland Woodall, Keihin North America > Week 70 Jim West, N.S. International > Week 71 Steve Gregory > Week 72 Bhanu Sood, CALCE > Week 72 Ed Popielarsk > Week 72 Robert Welch, Moog Component Group > Week 73 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics GmbH > Week 74 Greg Munie, IPC > Week 75 Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins > Week 76 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems > Week 77 Robert Kondner, Index Designs > Week 77 Bonus Brien Bush, Cirtronics > Week 78 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 79 Denny Fritz, SAIC > Week 80 Brian Ellis > Week 81 Mordechai Kirshenbaum > Week 81 Jim West, N.S. International > Week 82 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc > > Week 82 Robert Welch, Moog Components Group > -I'll put the little guys to work trying to find my desktop while I'm > plating up some blind micro-vias. If they do good I might take them > after > some big Musky on the New river. I hope Muskies don't like to eat > Gnomes! > > Week 83 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited > - After a very hectic week the boys are on their way back. They've > been > helping to sort out component obsolescence issues, and also a bit of > wild > animal training when taking our cat, Crapouiette, to the vet this > morning > for a check-up. The vet describes her as a "naughty tourtie" - a > tortoiseshell. I do hope the scratches heal quickly (sorry boys). > > Week 84 Mike Fenner > - Fantastic timing. I am just starting reconstructing our garden in > the old > cottage we just moved to. So lots of earth moving, stone walls, new > fencing > raised flower beds and so on. In the evenings The Elephant and Castle > Pub is > 2 minutes away. The Elephant serves Hook Norton brewed just up the > road in > a Victorian gravity brewery (still uses the original steam engine). We > can > investigate all the different brews and guest lagers. We may or may > not be > reporting on this. > > Week 85 Steve Gregory > - Tell the boys to bring some sunscreen with them, its starting to get > warm! Broke 100 yesterday and today its supposed to do the same. Looks > like > its going to be in the 90's for the next week. Maybe we'll go and do > some > rafting on the Payette river close by. > > Week 86 ???? > -assisted with ???? > > > Everyone have a safe week. > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] > Data Credit Note: the information in the Element Quizzes is taken from > several published sources including The History and Use of Our Earth's > Chemical Elements by R. Krebs and Nature's Building Blocks by J. > Emsley. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud > service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or > [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________